Reduced plasma cortisol binding to albumin in ocular hypertension and primary open-angle glaucoma

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 467-476

  McCarty, George R ^a   Schwartz, Bernard ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cortisol binding; Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Plasma cortisol

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCATCHARD PLOT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032991891     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.6.467.5264     Document Type: Article

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